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Liga I Realitatea
2007-08 Season
Founded
1909
Nation
Romania
Relegation To
Liga II
Number of Teams
18
Level on Pyramid
Level 1
European Qualification
Champions League UEFA Cup Intertoto Cup
Cups
Cupa României Supercupa României
Current Champions (2007-08)
CFR Cluj
Website
Official

Liga I Realitatea is the official name of the top division of the Romanian football league system. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Current format Liga II has two parallel regional (West - East division each with 18 teams The Romanian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Romania. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA. The UEFA Intertoto Cup, also abbreviated as UI Cup and originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition for Sponsorship On July 22, 2005, FRF and Samsung Electronics signed a one-year sponsorship deal Sponsorship On July 22, 2005, FRF and Samsung Electronics signed a one-year sponsorship deal CFR Cluj (pronunciation in Romanian /tʃeferekluʒ/ is a Romanian Football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca. A division in Sports consists of a group of Teams which compete against one another for a divisional title The Romanian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Romania. It was established in 1909 and commenced play for the 1909-10 campaign. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Until 1932 it had various play-off types. A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade Liga I is part of Romanian Professional Footbal League (LPF). The Romanian Professional Football League ( Romanian: Liga Profesionista de Footbal or LPF) manages Liga I - the top professional division Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trade mark "Divizia A". A trademark or trade mark, represented by the symbols ™ and ®, or mark is a distinctive sign or indicator used by an individual ^[1] It was reported that during the 2006-07 season 1,657,602 tickets were sold for the 306 games played, giving an average attendance of 5,417 spectators per match. ^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Sponsorship 3 Broadcasting rights 4 List of champions 4.1 Year By Year 4.2 Performance by club 4.3 All-time table (1932 - 2007) 5 UEFA Ranking 6 Best results by Liga I teams in the international competitions 7 Notable foreign players 8 Notable former foreign managers 9 Liga I transfers 10 References 11 See also 12 External links

History

The first football club's organization formula was "A Divisional College" ("Colegiul Divizionar A") founded on October 5, 1970 and led by Mircea Angelescu. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Until 1990, the "A Divisional College" was formal without remarkable decisions. During the 90's a lot of changes were implemented, reflected in the new names of the organization, e. g. "A Divisional Team's League", " National Football League", "Professional Club's League", etc. On October 10, 1992, the organization's name became "Professional Football A Division League", led by Mircea Angelescu - president, Dumitru Dragomir - vice-president and Daniel Lăzărescu - general secretary. Dumitru Dragomir is the president of the Romanian "Professional Football League" since 1996 On 22 January 1993, the name of the organization became "Professional Football League of Romania", an A-Division professional football clubs representation. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) On October 13, 1993, the B Division clubs members were included. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Current format Liga II has two parallel regional (West - East division each with 18 teams On September 30, 1996, Dumitru Dragomir has been elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania". Events 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England. 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The headquarters is located on 47 Mihai Eminescu Street (since February 1997). In December the same year it was decided that the league will organize the A-Division Championship starting with 1997-1998 edition.

In October 2000, Dumitru Dragomir has been re-elected president of the "Professional Football League of Romania"

There are currently 18 teams at this level, of which the bottom four are relegated at the season's end. These teams are replaced by the champions of the two divisions that make up Liga 2, the second level of the Romanian football league system. Current format Liga II has two parallel regional (West - East division each with 18 teams The Romanian football league system is a series of interconnected leagues for club football in Romania.

Starting in 2007-08, the champions and runners-up of Divizia A are eligible to compete in the UEFA Champions League during the following season. See also List of European Cup and UEFA Champions League winners The UEFA Champions League, which evolved from the European Champion Clubs' Cup is a seasonal club The 3rd-placed team is eligible to compete in the UEFA Cup. The UEFA Cup is a football competition for European club teams organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA.

The most successful teams over the years have been Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucureşti, other notable teams being: Universitatea Craiova, Rapid Bucureşti, and UTA. FC Steaua Bucureşti is a Romanian professional football club from Ghenceasouth-west Bucharest. FC Universitatea Craiova ( Campioana unei mari Iubiri) is one of the most famous football clubs from Romania, along with Steaua Bucuresti and Dinamo Fotbal Club Rapid Bucureşti is a Romanian Football club. It was founded in 1923 by a group of workers of the Griviţa workshops under the name of "Cultural FCM UTA Arad is a Football club based in Arad, Romania, founded in 1946 Universitatea Craiova was the last non-Bucharest team to win the championship (in 1990-91). Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania.

Sponsorship

On December 19, 1998, SABMiller bought the naming rights for four and a half seasons, becoming the first sponsor in the history of the competition. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) SABMiller, an abbreviated form of SABMiller plc, ( is one of the world's largest brewers Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations SABMiller changed the name of the competition to "Divizia A Ursus", in order to promote the Ursus beer. Ursus is the best-selling Beer in Romania, due to its respected flavour and reasonable price compared to imported beers ^[3]

Starting with the 2004/05 season, European Food company took over as main sponsor and changed the league's name to "Divizia A Bürger", to promote the Bürger beer. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. ^[4]

On May 11, 2008, Realitatea Media bought the naming rights for 5 years and changed the name of the competition to "Liga I Realitatea", to promote their Realitatea TV station. Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Realitatea-Caţavencu trust is a Romanian group of media companies owned by Sorin-Ovidiu Vântu (nicknamed SOV Naming rights are the right to name a piece of Property, either tangible property or an event usually granted in exchange for financial considerations Realitatea TV is a Romanian news Television network. The channels is distributed by many cable operators in Romania and Moldova ^[5]

Broadcasting rights

In 2004, Telesport, a small TV network, bought the broadcasting rights for $28 million. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Telesport is a Romanian sports channel launched on 1 December 2003. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been The four seasons contract ends in the summer of 2008. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Telesport sold some of matches to other Romanian networks: TVR1, Antena 1, Naţional TV and Kanal D. TVR1 ( TVR Unu, Televiziunea Românǎ 1 translated as Romanian Television 1 is the main channel of the Romanian public broadcaster TVR. Antena 1 is a Romanian television network, and one of the three top networks in the country with a market share of about 20% Naţional TV is the first TV channel of the Centrul Naţional Media, owned by the Micula brothers Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey. The company is owned by media tycoon Aydın Doğan.

On March 31, 2008, Antena 1 together with RCS&RDS outbid Realitatea Media and Kanal D in the broadcasting rights auction with a bid of €102 million. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article describes the RCS&RDS SA company based in Romania The Realitatea-Caţavencu trust is a Romanian group of media companies owned by Sorin-Ovidiu Vântu (nicknamed SOV Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey. The company is owned by media tycoon Aydın Doğan. Please update other articles as well to avoid contradiction within Wikipedia e ^[6]

List of champions

Year By Year

Main article: Divizia A Final Tables

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Winning Years
Steaua Bucureşti	23	12	1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1959-60, 1960-61, 1967-68, 1975-76, 1977-78, 1984-85, 1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06,
Dinamo Bucureşti	18	20	1955, 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, 1964-65, 1970-71, 1972-73, 1974-75, 1976-77, 1981-82, 1982-83, 1983-84, 1989-90, 1991-92, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2003-04, 2006-07
Venus Bucuresti	8	?	1919-20, 1920-21, 1928-29, 1931-32, 1933-34, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1939-40
Chinezul Timisoara	6	0	1921-22, 1922-23, 1923-24, 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27
UTA Arad	6	1	1946-47, 1947-48, 1950, 1954, 1968-69, 1969-70
Ripensia Timişoara	4	1	1932-33, 1934-35, 1935-36, 1937-38
Universitatea Craiova	4	5	1973-74, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1990-91
Petrolul Ploieşti	3	1	1957-58, 1958-59, 1965-66
Rapid Bucureşti	3	12	1966-67, 1998-99, 2002-03
FC Argeş Piteşti	2	2	1971-72, 1978-79
Colentina AC Bucureşti	2	2	1912-13, 1913-14
Olympia Bucureşti	2	0	1909-10, 1910-11
Colţea Braşov	1	1	1927-28
FC Bihor Oradea	1	2	1948-49
Juventus Bucureşti	1	1	1929-30
Prahova Ploieşti	1	1	1915-16
CFR Cluj	1	0	2007-08
Româno-Americana Ploieşti	1	0	1914-15
FCM Reşiţa	1	1	1930-31
Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti	1	2	1940-41
United AC Ploieşti	1	1	1911-12

All-time table (1932 - 2007)

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#	Team	S	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Steaua Bucureşti	59	1774	983	399	392	3449	1846	2365
2	Dinamo Bucureşti	58	1744	975	373	396	3456	1874	2323
3	Rapid Bucureşti	59	1662	751	376	535	2641	2028	1878
4	Universitatea Craiova	42	1356	615	293	448	2051	1554	1523
5	FC Argeş Piteşti	43	1370	559	268	543	1804	1750	1386
6	Universitatea Cluj	50	1406	494	281	631	1845	2190	1269
7	FCM Bacău	42	1319	489	262	568	1538	1809	1240
8	Petrolul Ploieşti	41	1223	466	267	490	1550	1546	1199
9	Farul Constanţa	40	1231	455	244	532	1525	1745	1154
10	FC Braşov	39	1191	452	242	497	1502	1579	1146
11	Sportul Studenţesc Bucureşti	34	1086	422	242	422	1494	1461	1086
12	UT Arad	37	1038	414	236	388	1572	1452	1064
13	Jiul Petroşani	41	1197	402	250	545	1403	1845	1054
14	Politehnica Timişoara	35	1046	382	238	426	1374	1502	1002
15	Progresul Bucureşti	32	945	380	189	376	1355	1320	949
16	Politehnica Iaşi	25	779	269	162	348	931	1126	700
17	Oţelul Galaţi	19	622	256	121	245	789	786	633
18	ASA Târgu Mureş	21	690	251	109	330	817	1025	611
19	Gloria Bistriţa	17	554	226	88	240	747	755	540
20	FC Corvinul Hunedoara	17	562	210	98	254	831	881	518
21	FC Oradea	18	572	181	118	273	683	893	480
22	CSM Reşiţa	16	482	154	103	225	667	891	411
23	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ	12	392	150	82	160	499	554	382
24	CS Oradea	17	378	145	80	153	630	635	370
25	CFR Cluj	12	372	132	100	140	436	515	364
26	FC Olt Scorniceşti	11	357	137	64	156	424	498	338
27	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	10	340	121	64	155	368	533	306
28	CFR Timişoara	11	273	104	70	99	406	392	278
29	FC Inter Sibiu	8	272	110	47	115	358	276	267
30	Juventus Bucureşti	12	268	102	61	105	501	479	265
31	FC Baia Mare	10	292	109	46	137	363	476	264
32	Chindia Târgovişte	9	298	95	64	139	312	469	254
33	Venus Bucureşti	9	180	108	35	37	499	248	251
34	Ripensia Timişoara	9	184	110	28	46	512	277	248
35	Locomotiva Târgu Mureş	10	241	85	46	110	360	418	216
36	Unirea Tricolor Bucureşti	9	186	76	34	76	404	420	186
37	Vagonul Arad	9	184	76	31	77	318	323	183
38	Olimpia Satu Mare	7	222	69	40	113	223	363	178
39	Victoria Bucureşti	5	153	70	33	50	242	203	173
40	Dunărea CSU Galaţi	7	222	57	42	123	236	414	156
41	Politehnica 1921 Ştinţa Timişoara	5	154	58	38	58	175	190	154
42	Astra Ploieşti	5	158	59	35	64	195	185	153
43	Gloria Arad	8	156	59	31	66	296	332	149
44	Victoria Cluj	8	154	61	23	70	266	294	145
45	Extensiv Craiova	5	170	54	36	80	171	213	144
46	Gloria Buzău	5	170	50	33	87	183	285	133
47	Flacăra Moreni	4	136	53	23	60	180	198	129
48	Dinamo Braşov	6	139	43	42	54	187	208	128
49	Dacia Unirea Brăila	4	136	46	27	63	141	190	119
50	Chinezul Timişoara	6	120	46	21	53	281	288	113
51	Crişana Oradea	6	110	40	20	50	199	232	100
52	Foresta Suceava	3	98	24	27	47	102	145	75
53	Minerul Lupeni	4	101	30	15	56	106	204	75
54	Tricolor Ploieşti	5	102	28	16	58	131	255	72
55	FC Vaslui	2	64	19	22	23	64	81	60
56	Ciocanul Bucureşti	2	56	24	10	22	100	87	58
57	Rocar Bucureşti	2	64	25	6	33	93	107	56
58	Gaz Metan Mediaş	3	86	16	19	51	96	189	51
59	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2	64	19	12	33	48	79	50
60	Apulum Unirea Alba Iulia	2	60	17	16	27	60	109	50
61	FC Oneşti	2	68	21	6	41	94	160	48
62	CA Câmpulung Moldovenesc	2	33	15	10	8	50	31	40
63	Unirea Urziceni	1	34	13	8	13	30	29	34
64	Carmen Bucureşti	1	26	14	5	7	90	44	33
65	Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii	2	48	7	19	22	46	86	33
66	Gloria CFR Galaţi	2	46	13	7	26	54	100	33
67	Ferrar Cluj	1	26	13	4	9	44	29	30
68	Dermata Cluj	1	30	7	11	12	41	50	25
69	CSM Suceava	1	34	10	5	19	36	69	25
70	FC Craiova	2	50	10	5	35	61	171	25
71	Aurul Brad	1	24	12	0	12	51	43	24
72	CAM Timişoara	1	22	9	5	8	37	52	23
73	Şoimii Sibiu	3	48	5	12	31	42	131	22
74	Dinamo Cluj	1	22	9	2	11	34	41	20
75	DUIG Braila	2	42	8	3	31	52	138	19
76	Viitorul Bucureşti	1	14	6	3	5	33	26	15
77	Vulturii Lugoj	1	18	6	2	10	24	41	14
78	Faur Bucureşti	1	26	5	4	17	50	80	14
79	UM Timişoara	1	30	3	6	21	24	71	12
80	Aripile CFR Braşov	1	18	4	3	11	26	45	11
81	Prahova Ploieşti	1	26	5	1	20	26	97	11
82	Avântul Reghin	1	24	3	3	18	19	57	9
83	RGM Timişoara	1	12	3	2	7	17	24	8
84	Dragos Voda Cernauţi	1	18	4	0	14	26	57	8
85	Braşovia Braşov	2	26	1	3	22	28	85	5
86	Mureşul Târgu Mures	1	14	1	2	11	15	53	4

UEFA Ranking

National League Ranking at the beginning of the 2007-08 season (Previous season rank in italics)

• 01 (01) La Liga
• 02 (03) Premier League
• 03 (02) Serie A
• 04 (04) Ligue 1
• 05 (05) Bundesliga
• 06 (06) BWINLIGA
• 07 (10) Liga I
• 08 (07) Eredivisie
• 09 (09) Rosgosstrakh Championship

(see UEFA coefficients full list for more information)

Best results by Liga I teams in the international competitions

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Notable foreign players

Albania Sulejman Demollari Arben Minga Albert Duro Angola Zé Kalanga Armenia Artavazd Karamyan Arman Karamyan Romik Khachatryan Australia Jonathan McKain Michael Thwaite Jacob Burns Belarus Vasily Khomutovsky Vladimir Gaev Belgium Roberto Bisconti Philippe Léonard Brazil Cesinha Élton Bulgaria Zhivko Zhelev Stoyan Kolev

Bosnia and Herzegovina Adnan Gušo Cameroon Nana Falemi Patrick Bengondo Canada Lars Hirschfeld Colombia Róbinson Zapata Dayro Moreno José Moreno France Fabrice Fernandes Cyril Théréau Anthony da Silva Fabien Boudarène Hungary Gyula Lóránt István Avar Vasile Miriuţă Israel Klemi Saban Montenegro Vladimir Božović Morocco Khalid Fouhami

Nigeria Samuel Okunowo Henry Makinwa Ifeanyi Emeghara Abiodun Agunbiade Peru Andrés Mendoza Poland Paweł Golański Serbia Sreten Sretenović Radiša Ilić Ivan Gvozdenović Slovakia Miloš Brezinský Balázs Borbély Slovenia Dejan Rušič Dare Vršič Andrej Pečnik Sweden Niklas Sandberg Mikael Dorsin

Notable former foreign managers

József Kiprich Béla Guttmann Alfréd Schaffer Rinus Israël Walter Zenga Momčilo Vukotić José Ramón Alexanko Oleg Protasov Dušan Uhrin, Jr. José Peseiro

Liga I transfers

• List of transfers of Liga I - 2007-08 season

References

See also

• Liga II
• Liga III
• List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
• List of foreign football players in Liga I 2008-2009

External links

• Official Site
• Results and statistics since 1932(Romanian-language)
• Stranieri News
• (English) Liga I Table, Fixtures and Results

Current format Liga II has two parallel regional (West - East division each with 18 teams Current format Liga III has six parallel regional divisions each with 18 teams The table below lists domestic professional Sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season for which data is available This is a list of foreign football players in Liga I. The players written with bold text have at least one cap for their national team

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